What common, store-bought, household items can be used in an illicit manner to get "high"
What are Cleaning products
100
70.8% of adolescents between the ages of 14-18 admit to using this substance at least once
What is Alcohol
100
Teens who utilize this as a tool to cope with stress, have a greatly reduced risk of substance abuse
What is Religion
100
Successful detection and treatment of this mental disorder has shown to drastically decrease the risk of adolescent substance abuse
What is Depression
200
When adolescents from immigrant families undergo this process, there is increased distance and conflict between them and their parents, and ultimately an increased risk in problem behavior
What is Americanization
200
39.9% of adolescents between the ages of 14-18 have used this substance at least once.
What is Marijuana
200
A positive adult role model who can significantly decrease an adolescent's risk of substance abuse.
What is a Mentor.
200
This newly formed ability in adolescents can lead to self-consciousness, and potentially self-medicating behavior
What is metacognition
300
Adolescents who are raised in a household that features this type of parenting style more often exhibit impulsive and delinquent behavior
What is Indifferent
300
Warning signs such as blood-shot eyes, sleepiness, excessive hunger, and lack of motivation point to the use of this type of drug
What are Cannabinoids.
300
Teens that have a strong sense of this are less likely to experience the risk factors of substance abuse
What is cultural identification
300
The late maturation of this area of the brain is often linked to risk taking behavior in adolescents
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
400
The more parents believe in the stereotypes of adolescents as difficult, the more they expect their own child to conform to them. Leading to this phenomena.
What is self-fulfilling prophecy
400
11.4% of adolescents have used this recreationally in the past year.
What is Prescribed Medications
400
The presence of peers increases adolescents' willingness to engage in these types of behaviors
What are risk taking behaviors
400
This phenomena leads to a false belief in adolescents that they are invulnerable to potentially harmful activities
What is personal fable
500
Substance abuse is more prominent in these areas due to a dense habitation of underprivileged
groups, low educational attainment, disrupted family life, overcrowding, and high availability of substances
What are Urban environments
500
The synthetic form of this drug, which can legally be bought in most states, was the second most used substance used recreationally by high school seniors last year
What is Marijuana
500
This process has the most profound impact on the social development and behavior of adolescents.
What is social redefinition
500
The presence of peers increases adolescents' willingness to engage in these types of behaviors